圈

Character	圈 U+5708, 圈
Name	CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5708
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
← 圇 [U+5707] [U+5709] 圉 →

See also: 圏

Translingual

Han character

圈 (radical 31 囗+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田火手山 (WFQU), four-corner 6071₂, composition ⿴囗卷)

1. to circle
2. a circle
3. corral

References

• KangXi: page 219, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4789
• Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 721, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5708

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		圈
alt. forms		圏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quān (quan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹, gyun⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên / khiân
• Min Nan (POJ): khian / khong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: quān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'üan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun¹, gyun⁶
    • Yale: hyūn, gyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹, gyn⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵/, /kyːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
    • IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
    • IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian / khong
    • Tâi-lô: khian / khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn, qofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/, /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡʉɐn^X/, /ɡˠiuᴇn^X/, /ɡʉɐn^H/▼

Rime
Character	圈	圈	圈
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (80)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	求晚切	渠篆切	臼万切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐnX/	/ɡˠiuᴇnX/	/ɡʉɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐnX/	/ɡʷᵚiɛnX/	/ɡʷiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɐnX/	/ɡiuænX/	/ɡiuɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guanX/	/gwianX/	/guanH/
Li Rong	/ɡiuɐnX/	/ɡjuɛnX/	/ɡiuɐnH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɐnX/	/ɡĭwɛnX/	/ɡĭwɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɐnX/	/gi̯wɛnX/	/gi̯wɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	juàn	juàn	juàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)o[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰron/, /*ɡronʔ/, /*kʰon/, /*ɡlonʔ/, /*ɡlons/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	圈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	juàn
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)o[n]ʔ/
English	enclosure for pigs
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	圈	圈	圈	圈	圈
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
No.	7189	7197	7201	7205	7207
Phonetic component	卷	卷	卷	卷	卷
Rime group	元	元	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3	3	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	弮	圈		𧯦	圈
Old Chinese	/*kʰron/	/*ɡronʔ/	/*kʰon/	/*ɡlonʔ/	/*ɡlons/
Notes	同棬		見禮記

Definitions

圈

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Japanese

Kanji

圈

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi)

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Korean

Hanja

圈 • ‎(gwon) (hangeul 권, revised gwon, McCune-Reischauer kwŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圈 (khuyên, khoen, quyên, quyền)

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